Lamp-top holder



(No Model.)

v I. N. ROBERTS. LAMP TOP HOLDER.

N0. 466,543. Patented Jan; 5, 1-892.

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UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC N. ROBERTS, OF NORRISTO'WN, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAM P-TOP HOLDER.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,543, dated January5, 1892.

A h ti fil d February 9, 1891. Serial No. 380,844. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo N. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norristown, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lamp-Top Holders, of whichthe following is a'specification', reference being had to theaccompanying drawings to more fully illustrate the device.

The object of my invention is to furnish a device which can be used tokeep a lamp-top or awick in place when a lamp is being filled with oilor other kindred material.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a lamp, partly sectional,inwhich my device is shown. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the deviceholding a lamp top and wick in position to fill the lamp. I

A is a U-shaped wire lamp-top holder, and is preferably made with itstop end soldered through holes or otherwise suitably fastened to thelamp-top B.

O is a lamp-wick and in the usual way is passed through the lamp-top toinside of lamp.

D is the lamp-fount.

A is a shoulder or bend in wire lamp-top holder, and is preferably usedto give better position to the lamp-top, as may be seen in Fig. 2. Theshoulder then bearing upon outer edge of lamp-opening tends to hold theparts more securely in position.

The operation of the device is as follows:

' When it is desired to fill the lamp with fluid and the top beingunscrewed or otherwise removed, it may be held in position as shown inFig. 2, the lower endof the wire adjuster extending beyond the verticalopening of the lamp orfount,and,bearingupon the loweredge of suchopening, is there held in place by weight of lamp-top 13. The wick O,extending from top 13 to within the fount, is held in place to the sideof the opening by bearing of holder A upon it, as will be seen. of spoutof oil-can may then be inserted between the prongs of holder A and thelamp filled without the necessity of other holding or placing of topthan as described.

One great advantage of my device is that a person is free to apply'bothhands to the oilcan when holding the same for filling.

The preferable device as used by me is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and passesthrough holes made in the lamp '-top and has open lower ends to surroundsaid lamp-wick.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the lamp-fount D, having a removable top B andwick O, of a U -shaped wire'holder fastened to the top and constructedtohave its open end extend within said lamp-fount and beyond the loweredge of the lamp-opening and be held in position by the weightof thelamp-top, which it supports, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The. combination,with the lamp-fount D, having a removable top B, ofa lamp-top holder formed of a U-shaped wire fastened to said top andextending within said lamp-fount beyond the lower edge of thelamp-opening and having a shoulder A, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

I. N. ROBERTS.

-Witnesses:

DE WILTON S. ROBERTS, R. P. GARSED.

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